Import Honeywell LCN EB and SCADA Point Files

Click this drop-down Menu button to either Open, SaveAs or Restore a Session state.  The Restore function allows you to quickly restore the Session state for the last used Session State file displayed in the Session State Filename box.

This is a read-only Edit box that displays the current or last used Session State filename.  Specify a filename to save the Session State information for later recall.  Typically you will want to maintain a Session State file for your conversion tasks that will allow you to quickly rebuild a conversion project when a new version of configuration is to be updated to an existing XML configuration project.

This is a read-only Edit Box that displays the current set of selected Text files.

Click this button to browse for LCN *.eb or SCADA *.pnt\*.hdw or FSC *.xls Excel files to convert.  You cannot convert multiple types in the same import task.

This is a read-only Edit Box that displays the selected CL Folder path.

Click this button to browse for the location of your Control Language (CL) files that require analysis for connection relationships to configuration entities.

Choose this option to analyze CL files contained in all subfolders to the selected CL Folder root path.

Choose the folder location or an archive file that contains LCN exported Schematic DX files to import.  Importing these files will establish graphic references in the HMIWeb Data view.

Click the drop-down arrow to select either a folder location or an archive file.

 

 

Click here to view instructions as to how to create Schematic DX files on the LCN.

Choose the folder path or archive file that contains image snapshots of LCN Schematics.  These imported image files can be shown from within the HMIWeb Data view.

Click the drop-down arrow to select either a folder location or an archive file.

 

Choose the image type to import for referenced LCN Schematic image snapshots.

 

The supported file types are:

Choose this option to preserve existing configuration in the selected Database:Collection that were generated during a previous Import task.

When a Conversion task is executed a Manifest file is updated that identifies the configuration sources that were used to generate the project configuration.

 

User will typically first import their PKS Control Builder exported XML configuration files into a specific Database:Collection database.

This Import tool would then be used to append to the existing Database:Collection path any other configuration sources such as LCN, SCADA, FSC.

Choose this option to synchronize generated PKS XML configuration from source Honeywell Exception Build (EB) files to a TPS Builder SqlServer Database.  This synchronization will generate additional folder (container) Control Modules to add containment relationships.

Click this button to select or create the Database:Collection where the imported configuration sources will reside.

This is a read-only Edit box that displays the selected Project Database:Collection path where your configuration sources will be imported to.

Select the Configuration XML Schema to use when importing Configuration source files.  During import all configuration sources supported by this Import Tool are converted to a PKS CDA compliant Control Module that will be generated based on the Target schema chosen here.

Click this Expander to view the current set of Templates and their Block styles and attributes.

Displays a list of Template or Point types configured for recognition by this Conversion tool.  During the XML file generation operation, the Point type represented by the parsed Entity is matched against a configured Template in this list to determine the styles and attributes to apply to the generated embedded Function Block within the Control Module.

Displays a list of Block attributes for the selected Block or Template type.

Displays the current progress for the parsing operation of the selected Text files.

Displays the current progress for the CL file analysis operation.

Displays the current progress for the XML file generation operation.

Displays the current progress for the Asset Model generation operation.

Displays the current progress for the LCN Schematic DX File import operation.

Click this button to start or cancel a Conversion task.

Click this Tab button to switch to the Output Pane View.

Click this Tab button to switch to the Errors Pane View.

Click or hover over this tab to show the options for synchronizing a TPS Builder database to the imported PKS XML configuration data that was converted in this session from Honeywell Exception Build (EB) files.  This synchronization generates additional Control Modules to show the same containment hierarchy as found in TPS Builder projects when using "Folder" modules to organize LCN entities.